Alex Toth
General Info
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Genre: Experimental / Minimalist / Thrash
Location Brooklyn, New York, US
Profile Views: 36542
Last Login: 7/7/2011
Member Since 5/8/2006
Website www.myspace.com/rubblebucket
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Bio
Alex Toth - trumpeter, composer, hyperkinetics. Born in Trenton, NJ on September 24th, 1983 and grew up in Lambertville, NJ. Attended University of Vermont from September of 2002 to May of 2006 and moved to Boston in January of 2007. He now resides in Brooklyn, NY (as of Jan 2010). .. Alex is the bandleader of Rubblebucket (September 2007-present) formerly played trumpet/performed in John Brown's Body (2006-2009). Formed the Lazybirds with Kalmia Traver (2005-2007) as well as Honey Quintet (spring/summer 2007). Guagua (04-07), TenTumbao (2007-08), Santiago Treats (2008). .. During high school he attended the New Jersey Performing Art's Center Jazz for Teens program and worked with tenor sax great, Don Braden, drummer Ralph Peterson, Tyshawn Sorey and others. While attending the University of Vermont, Alex was highly active in and around Burlington and UVM. As part of the UVM Big Band for 4 years he worked with Paquito DRivera, Arturo OFarrill, Rufus Reid, Wynton Marsalis and many more. Toth was in the trumpet section for Burington's Discover Jazz Fest Big Band for three years, in 2004 playing the music of Frank Zappa with Ed Palermo, Napoleon Murphy Brock, and Ike Willis. In the 2005 Discover big band he played the music of Miles and Gil Evans, Sketches of Spain, with Randy Brecker and conducted by the worlds leading expert on Gil Evans music, Joe Muccioli. In the summer of 2003 Toth lived in Brooklyn and attended School for Improv in Manhattan bringing him under the important schoolings of Ralph Allessi, Steve Coleman, Jason Moran, and Tim Berne among others...Alex and girlfriend, sax player and vocalist, Annakalmia Traver joined reggae group John Brown's Body in July of 2006 which brought them across the country and frequently touring on the east coast. Additionally, they have opened for and performed on stage with Matisyahu, Brazilian Girls as well as XM Radio. .. "I can tell you put the time in, keep up the good work." – Wynton Marsalis .. BOSTON PHOENIX 4.1.07 in reference to Lazybirds album "Birdhead": .. "With Birdhead 23-year-old Boston trumpeter ALEX TOTH hits the hard-bop sweet spot: a driving funk rhythm and blues-drenched line, with a little outta-space electric-guitar bridge thrown in for good measure. And his trumpet playing has teeth — clean, bright tone and slow-boil solos with the requisite nasty-edge Lee Morgan vibrato when necessary." .. .. -
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a loud swell.. undulated thru time's flow... it wasn't gorgeous.. or polished or neat... in fact it was raucous;.. Sparks of energy flew.. off it's body.. like the white-orange embers.. that burn off a night's fire.. look closely at one of those.. small dancing flecks of light.. there be smiles of mischievous.. intent on it's face..
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10 of 208MorePLEASE VOTE ON NOV 6TH! Your COUNTRY NEEDS YOU Alex!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE RIGHT TO VOTE ...
Many BRAVE MEN and WOMEN have given their
lives to give us FREEDOM and the RIGHT TO VOTE!
Don't WASTE this PRECIOUS RIGHT by not voting
and remaining silent! There is TOO MUCH AT STAKE!
PLEASE LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
EVIL has a FACE and a NAME Alex!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MICHAEL MYERS ...
"I spent eight years trying to reach him and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply EVIL ...
You've got to believe me, Officer, he is coming to Haddonfield... Because I know him - I'm his doctor! You must be ready for him... If you don't, it's your funeral!"
~ Dr. Sam Loomis from the movie "HALLOWEEN"
IT'S HALLOWEEN ... I GUESS EVERYONE'S ENTITLED
TO ONE GOOD SCARE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
You Change Your LIFE By Changing Your HEART Alex!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT INSPIRATION ...
"Let me ASPIRE
to INSPIRE
before I EXPIRE."
CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOU
CHANGE YOUR WORLD!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Be THANKFUL for all your BLESSINGS Alex!
Giving Thanks
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GRATITUDE ...
"I would maintain that THANKS are the HIGHEST FORM
of THOUGHT, and that GRATITUDE is HAPPINESS
DOUBLED BY WONDER."
"If a fellow ISN'T THANKFUL for WHAT HE'S GOT,
he isn't likely to be THANKFUL for what he's
GOING TO GET."
~ Frank Clark
WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"
Sending you some SUNDAY LOVE Alex!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES ...
“Never underestimate the POWER OF DREAMS and the influence of the HUMAN SPIRIT. We are all the same in this notion: The POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS lives within each of us.”
~ Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Champion
Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings; Rudolph contracted infantile paralysis (caused by the polio virus) at age 4. She recovered, but wore a brace on her left leg and foot (which had become twisted as a result) until she was 9.
Wilma Rudolph was considered the FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.
In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Rudolph became the first American woman to win 3 GOLD MEDALS in track and field during a single Olympic Games.
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"
Don't be afraid to TAKE RISKS Alex!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RISK TAKING ...
“The person who RISKS NOTHING,
DOES NOTHING,
HAS NOTHING,
IS NOTHING,
and BECOMES NOTHING.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply
cannot LEARN and FEEL and CHANGE
and GROW and LOVE and LIVE.”
~ Leo F. Buscaglia
MAN CANNOT DISCOVER NEW OCEANS UNLESS HE
HAS THE COURAGE TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE SHORE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
It's HOT out there Alex!
I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SUMMER HEAT ...
You KNOW its HOT when ~
> The birds have to use POTHOLDERS to pull worms out of the ground.
> The cows are giving EVAPORATED MILK.
> The trees are WHISTLING for the dogs.
> You discover that in July, it takes only 2 fingers to drive your car.
> Hot water now comes out of BOTH TAPS.
> You realize that ASPHALT has a LIQUID STATE.
IT WAS SO HOT THE OTHER DAY THAT I TURNED ON
THE LAWN SPRINKLER AND ALL I GOT WAS STEAM!
STAY COOL Alex!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
It's Time to Give the Man SOME RESPECT Alex!
I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RODNEY DANGERFIELD ...
"I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."
"I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."
"I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap."
"I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender."
"My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive."
"What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife."
"This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me."
~ Rodney Dangerfield
A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Be THANKFUL for all your BLESSINGS Alex!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GRATITUDE ...
"I would maintain that THANKS are the HIGHEST FORM
of THOUGHT, and that GRATITUDE is HAPPINESS
DOUBLED BY WONDER."
"If a fellow ISN'T THANKFUL for WHAT HE'S GOT,
he isn't likely to be THANKFUL for what he's
GOING TO GET."
~ Frank Clark
WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
LIVE every day of your LIFE Alex!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH ...
"It's only when we TRULY KNOW and UNDERSTAND that
we have a LIMITED TIME ON EARTH -- and that we have
no way of knowing when OUR OWN TIME IS UP -- that we
will begin to LIVE EACH DAY TO THE FULLEST, as if it was
THE ONLY ONE WE HAD."
~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
MAY YOU TRULY LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com